Plan Field Day and Barbecue at Amarillo Experiment Station
The livestock and agriculture committee of the Amarillo chamber of commerce met to finalize plans for a field day and barbecue at the Amarillo Experiment Station on Highway 66 east of Bushland. The event is set for October 1 with a 10 a.m. farm tour of the 1,600 acre facility followed by talks on wheat sorghum and Panhandle livestock programs. Lew Fields will lead the barbecue with Jess Hill and Tom Watson assisting. Attending the meeting were Dr. R. D. Lewis of Texas A&M and Dr. Charles Whitfield of the Amarillo Experiment Station.
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Livestock and Agriculture Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Experiment Station
Highway 66
Bushland
Paul Medford
Panhandle
Lew Fields
Jess Hill
Tom Watson
R. D. Lewis
Texas A&m
College Station
Charles Whitfield
Amarillo
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Prices Report Sept 16
USDA cattle and hog markets extended across Kansas City and Chicago with varied changes. Grain fed steers and good and choice cows held steady to higher while grass cattle softened. hogs ranged steady to higher on heavier weights and sows, and sheep saw slow opening with solid spring lambs above 24 dollars. Financials show liquidation fund at 1.8513 with offers around 2.03.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Wyoming
Wainwright Silent on Senate Run in Corsicana
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright told a Corsicana Sun reporter he would not discuss a possible US Senate bid while at the Corsicana Livestock and Agriculture Show. He said he would confer with Gov. Beauford H. Jester and former Gov. Coke Stevenson before deciding, and noted he would run if Texan voters desire it.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Fourth Army
Corsicana Sun
Beauford H. Jester
Palace
Wainwright
Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
Jester
Bataan
Corrigidor
Texas
Paul H. Brown
Coke Stevenson
Austin
Riot Delay Marks UT Registration Amid Student Turmoil
In Austin on September 16, about 1,000 UT students stormed the main building foyer to get registration cards and time tickets. Howard Calkins says the crowd formed a mob breaking orderly lines and causing a temporary disruption to the registration process.
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Austin
University of Texas
Howard Calkins
Union Asks NLRB To Reverse Red Ruling
The AFL Teamsters Union seeks reversal of the NLRB general counsel's ruling on Taft Harvely non-Communist provisions. Daniel Tobin says the union qualifies to use NLRB services after signing the required affidavits. John L. Lewis blocks mass affidavits. Padway to press the case to the board.
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Washington
AFL Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Daniel J. Tobin
The
Teamsters
Robert L. Denham
Denham
AFL
General Executive Council
John L. Lewis
Tobin
Joseph A. Padway
Teamsters Union
Britain to withdraw from Ethiopia under new friendship treaty
Britain plans to pull its military mission and occupation troops from Ethiopia following a request from the African kingdom for the end of the alliance and a new treaty of friendship. The Philippines is noted as the only Christian country in the Orient.
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Ethiopia
London
Britain
The
Philippines
Truman Ships Through Sargasso Sea On Missouri
President Truman sails aboard the battleship Missouri through the calm Sargasso Sea as officers explain surface currents move about three miles daily versus sixty in the nearby Gulf Stream. The seaweed patterns recall Columbus voyages and the possible approach to land.
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Missouri
President Truman
Sargasso Sea
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
San Salvador
Truman
Gulf Stream
Miami
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
Death message relayed of fiancé in truck wreck
In Tavfase City Michigan on September 16 a telephone operator, Jacquelyn Champney, was asked to relay a police message to relatives that her 22 year old fiancé, an Air Forces veteran, had been burned to death when his truck overturned.
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Tavfase City
Mich
Jacquelyn Champney
Air Forces
Miss Champner
Panhandle Pioneer Mrs. Cole Laid to Rest at Channing
Last rites honor Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cole 94 a Panhandle pioneer with decades in Bell County Old Mobeetie and Channing. Rev Horace Brooks officiated burial in Channing Cemetery with Boxwell Brothers directing. She survived by five grandchildren and two nephews.
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Panhandle
Mary Elizabeth Cole
Channing Methodist Church
Horace Brooks
Methodist Church
Dimmitt
Cole
Channing Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers
Channing
Hale
Bell County
Grant Cole
Yazoo County
Miss
Dan Cole
Mississippi
Shackelford County
J. Buckle
Mobeetie
Mr. Cole
Gran
Ike Says US Air Power Enforces World Peace
World peace depends on American air power Eisenhower told Air Force veterans at Columbus. He urged an air force ready to meet any aggressor, backed by research, production, bases, and an intelligent alert organization. He avoided politics, saying he came to talk about airplanes.
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Ike
Columbus
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Force
Eisenhower
Air Force Association
America
United States
Fisenhower
Two Permits Issued for Six-Room Residences
The city engineer's office issued residential building permits to A. L. Blankenship of 1228 Milam for a six-room brick veneer residence with attached garage costing 14000 dollars and to H. F. Tomlinson of 214 Sunset for a six-room stone veneer residence with attached garage costing 16000 dollars.
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A. L. Blankenship
Milam
H. F. Tomlinson
Sunset
UN Tensions Rise as Greece Balkans Case Reaches Assembly
United Nations debate centers on Soviet veto power and the Greek case. Marshall-led US seeks assembly action to protect Greece amid alleged Albanian Bulgarian Yugoslav interference. Gromyko uses double vetoes Nos. 19 and 20.
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Aranha
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Balkans
United Nations
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Security Council
George C. Marshall
Russia
Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Piesia
Pepper links price rise to Europe and aid programs
Pepper argues high prices stem from foreign aid and calls for increased production and longer work weeks. He blames GOP if price controls were relaxed, opposes a special session, and warns of continued inflation and a coming recession. Senator Capehart ties costs to aid but favors production.
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Pepper
Capehart
Indiana
Congress
GOP
Square Dancing Session Opens Winter Recreation Program
The Amarillo Junior League recreation program kicks off with a square dancing session tonight at 8 in the Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School gymnasium. William Paul Bradford will direct the activities, and a film from last summer’s program will be shown as an added attraction.
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Amarillo
Oil Workers Wage Dispute Spreads to Fulton Beach
The wage dispute between union oil workers and operators spreads to Fulton Beach as two men picketed the Hunt Oil Co lease operated by Hunt Oil of Dallas and George Graham of Wichita Falls. Sheriff Curry and County Attorney Spencer warned of swift action against disturbances.
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Rockport
U.P
South Texas
Fulton Beach
Here
Hunt Oil Co
Dallas
George Graham
Wichita Falls
A. R. Curry
Emory M. Spencer
Typhoon Flood Death Toll Near Tokyo Reaches 2280
Thousands work overnight building temporary dikes 20 miles north of Tokyo to hold back floodwaters from a typhoon. Early U S military reports list about 1700 dead or missing and damage to about 100000 houses as Kasukabe residents race to stop two rivers breaching banks.
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Tokyo
Kasukabe
Trieste Crisis escalates as Tito troops seize Venezia Giulia
US and British forces clash with Marshal Tito’s units as Trieste proclaimed a free state. General Airy vows death penalty for armed possession and insurrection amid riots that left five dead and over 20 injured. Communist labor strikes threaten wider disruption.
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Trieste
Marshal Tito
Venezia-Giulia
Airy
Labor Federation
Ocean storm threat after Lake Okeechobee disaster
The storm section notes a hurricane that has drained Lake Okeechobee and caused about 1500 drownings. Norton warns that forecasts are unclear as the hurricane moves, growing and possibly changing direction before making landfall.
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Lake Okeechobee
Norton
Little To Spare But He Made It
Marvin Johnson of Lubbock was arrested by Texas Liquor Control Board agents for possession of beer in a wet area without a permit. He paid the customary $123 fine after pleading guilty in county court.
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Marvin Johnson
Lubbock
Hurricane warning advice urged for Florida coast pause
The official urged precaution as the storm could move toward land or out to sea. He cited flooded Everglades and winds along the Miami to Palm Beach coast, urging residents to prepare livestock, machinery, and other safety measures while avoiding alarm.
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Florida
Everglades
Miami
Palm Beach
Norton
Postpone Hearing On Plumbing Code
The second public hearing of the plumbing code advisory committee is postponed until the week after the Tri State Fair. The first hearing was held two weeks ago. Mr. White said another meeting will hear further recommendations for a revised plumbing code from individuals or representative groups.
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